Before SDSU: Member of state championship high school golf team in 2009 ... Sioux Empire Junior Challenge season points champion in 2010 ... 12th place finish in the state men’s amateur in 2010 ... fifth place at the Greater Dakota Conference Tournament in 2010 ...  12th place in state high school tournament in 2010 ... fourth place in state junior amateur in 2011 ... eighth place in state high school tournament in 2011.